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Smart Grid City
Boulder Colorado
Contributing to ensuring energy security in a carbon constrained world.
Energy Customers of the Future
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The TechnologyToday and Tomorrow
“He’s been dead for more than 75 years, but Thomas Edison—hailed as the father of the light bulb—probably could run the nation’s modern-day electric grid. It just
hasn’t changed that much.”
Denver Business JournalMarch 30, 2007
Smart Grid City Involves the entire energy pathway from the power source to the home
and all points in between Rich in IT High-speed, real-time, two-way communications Sensors enabling rapid diagnosis and corrections Dispatched distributed generation (PHEVs, wind, solar) Energy storage In-home energy controls Automated home energy use
Smart House
Plug-in hybrid electric cars
Added green power sources
Smart thermostats, appliances and in-home control devices
Real-time and green pricing Signals
High-speed, networked connections
Customer interaction with utility
SmartGridCity™ – Key Concepts
Demand Management
• Reduce spinning reserves• Control demand to match supply• Availability-based pricing• Automated generation dispatch
Renewables Management
• Align demand to availability• Manage intermittency• Optionality for type of energy use• Supply-based pricing
Asset Management
• Improve field efficiency• Real-time asset status & control• Expanded reliability• Extended asset life
Premise Management
• Automated device response control• Real-time pricing (device-level)• New services and products• Enable customer choice
SmartGridCity™ – Key Values
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Transforming an Industry
Reverse the model by matching demand to available supply
Utilize real-time information and connectivity rather than long-term models and averages to manage the grid
Maximize renewable and distributed generation with automated dispatch control
Create capability to know where our power is and where it’s needed
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Change will be Difficult
Operating paradigm and approach
Employee skills and methods
Customer interaction
Regulation, pricing and incentives
Observations The business model is changing:
throughput versus a service The regulatory paradigm will need to
change Carbon regulation creates opportunity and
danger Environmental pressures will increase and
energy prices will rise